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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Red Christmas pride
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Lamiales]]
| familia = [[Acanthaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Ruellia]]''
| species = '''''R. amoena'''''
| binomial = ''Ruellia amoena''
| binomial_authority = [[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]
}}
'''''Red Christmas pride''''' ('''Tropical wild petunia'''; [[Synonymy|syn.]] ''Cyrtacanthus corymbosus'', ''Echinacanthus dichotomus'', ''Ruellia brevifolia'', ''Ruellia graecizans'', ''Ruellia longifolia'', ''Ruellia serratitheca'', ''Ruellia ventricosa'', ''Stephanophysum brevifolium'', ''Stephanophysum longifolium'', ''Stephanophysum macrandrum'', and ''Stephanophysum ventricosum'') is an [[ornamental plant]] native of [[Argentina]], [[Cerrado]] [[vegetation]] of [[Brazil]], and [[Mexico]].
==See also==
* [[List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil]]
==External links==
*[http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/36670.html/ ''Ruellia amoena'' photo]
*[http://www.hear.org/pier/species/ruellia_brevifolia.htm Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): ''Ruellia brevifolia'']
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=RUBR12 USDA Plants Profile: ''Ruellia brevifolia'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?pid=S0100-84042002000100006&script=sci_arttext ''Ruellia brevifolia'' (Pohl) Ezcurra (Acanthaceae): flowering phenology, pollination biology and reproduction Rev. bras. Bot. vol.25 no.1 São Paulo Mar. 2002]
[[Category:Ruellia]]
[[Category:Flora of Brazil]]
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